Portable farm-fence



(No Model.)

A. E. GLAUSSEN 8: A. J. JONES PORTABLE FARM FENCE.

No. 446,112. Patented Feb. 10, 1891.

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ALEXANDER E. CLAUSSEN AND ADONIRAM J. JONES, OF SOOTTVILLE, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE FARM-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,112, dated February 10, 1891.

Application filed April 19, 1890. Serial No. 348,675. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Beit known that we, ALEXANDER E. CLAUS- SEN and ADONIRAM J. J oNEs, citizens of the United States, residing at Scottville, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Farm-Fences; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The special object of the invention is to construct a portable farm-fence so that each panel will be separate and perfect in itself, adapted to be supported on cross-braces and light enough to be conveniently handled.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation showing one of our panels, and Fig. 2 a similar view showing two panels adjacent and supported at one end upon the same crossbraces.

In the drawings, A represents one of our panels consisting of two end stiles a a, abottom rail d, a top rail 1), three wire rails e, and a vertical middle brace f, which is made fast to the wooden rails 12 d and has on one side the staples g, through which the wire rails pass, said wire rails being end-fastened to the stiles a a. The stiles have an extension a above the rail so as to form a lateral support for a rider g, which rests at the ends upon the upper crotch of the crossing-stakes h h. The latter may be tied with the wire loops is, both above and below their junction, the lower loop serving as a support for the prolongations b of the top rail 1).

fence being carried on a wagon at a single load. It may be taken down by clipping two wires, which cost only the fraction of acent; can be easily stowed away in a shed in winter weather when cross-lines of'fencing are not needed. It can be put up very rapidly;

cannot readily be blown down, and can be made of very cheap material.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The independent panels of a portable fence made with only the top rail extended horizontally beyond the end battens, and each end batten arranged perpendicularly to extend upward at co 0/, in combination with the cross-stake supports, the tie-wires, and the riders g, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER E. CLAUSSEN. ADONIRAM J. JONES.

Witnesses:

A. O. GARNER, H. E. HUNGERFORD. 

